Comparing The Life And Work Of John Locke

When God made the earth, he gave the lands to men and their children. To maintain order God had commanded people to work and flourish equally. With this said, Locke proposed that “men as a whole own the earth and all inferior creatures, every •·individual· man has a property in his own person; this is something that nobody else has any right to. “(27) Locke then further goes on to state that "individual· man has a property in his own person this is something that nobody else has any right to. The labor of his body and the work of his hands, we may say, are strictly his. "(27) In addition to this said, we can apply this to modern daily life because when a person takes something from a state of nature and uses his blood sweat and tears to labor, this automatically becomes his property. In short, labor creates property, and when one works to do so common land that is equal to all humanity, is no longer considered standard but belongs to the laborer. Whether it be land, ownership of crops or guns, even your own body. The way that property applies to everyday life is that we all have a right to the property. Locke further went on to state, "The wild Indians
a part of him) in such a way that no-one else retains any right to it".(26) Given this example, Locke is clearly stating that if Indians decided to kill a bear on common property, it would be considered labor, therefore giving the right to claim the bear as their